- The Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the removal of Julius Abure as Labour Party chairman and ordered INEC to recognize Senator Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee as the party’s lawful leadership.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the removal of Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee as the party’s lawful leadership.
The ruling was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Lifu and was disclosed by human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, via a post on X. Effiong stated that he was present in court when the judgment was given in a related matter.
According to Effiong, the court reaffirmed that Abure’s tenure had already expired in line with an earlier Supreme Court judgment. Justice Lifu consequently held that the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee remains the only valid and lawful leadership of the Labour Party.
The court further directed INEC to immediately recognize Senator Nenadi Usman as the leader of the party.
In other news…. Samuel Oguachuba, the renowned record producer popularly known as Samklef, has challenged the widely held notion that Fela Anikulapo-Kuti invented Afrobeat.
The Molowo hitmaker alleged that Fela “stole” the idea of the genre from another veteran musician, Orlando Julius Ekemode.
Samklef made this claim amid the ongoing feud between his former associate Wizkid and Fela’s family. He also stated that Orlando taught Fela how to play instruments.
Sharing a photo of the legendary Orlando Julius on his X handle, the producer wrote, “This is the man that created afrobeat! His name Orlando Julius Ekemode! Fela stole his style!”
He added, “Fela stole Orlando Julius Ekemode, the original afrobeat founder’s style. He also taught Fela how to play sax!
“The problem with Nigeria is generally, we lack proper documentation. I go start to Dey teach una history.”
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